Sign-In
Cart
The Cheyne Mystery
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781957990552
Publisher: Ancient Wisdom Publications
Published: Jun 22 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The novel takes place in 1920. Maxwell Cheyne, a First World War naval veteran and short story writer from Dartmouth, is lunching at a Plymouth hotel, where he is doped and his home burgled. A few weeks later, a gang, searching for a vital letter a friend sent to Cheyne several years ago, tricks him onto a ship and holds him without food or water. After Cheyne hands over information about the letter, they put him ashore and threaten him to take no further interest in the matter. Instead, he pursues them, boarding a train into London. He follows them to a house in the Metroland suburb of Wembley, where he tries to reclaim the letter's contents. However, the gang strikes him on the head while he tries to steal it. Joan Merrill, a young female artist from Chelsea, rescues him and transports him to the hospital. In search of excitement, he agrees to join his mission to recover the stolen letter, which appears to contain some kind of ciphered code.
Only when the gang kidnaps Joan and attempts to kill him with an explosive device, which he narrowly escapes from at Marylebone Station, does Cheyne finally turn to Scotland Yard. Fortunately, Inspector French, with his understanding and thoroughness, takes on the case. Soon, his investigations lead him to Bruges and Antwerp, where he uncovers that the gang has recently embarked on an expedition associated with the stolen letter. The French now have to figure out exactly what the coded cipher means, as well as where the villains have taken the kidnapped woman. The key to the whole story seems to be a dead German U-boat captain and the secret he passed on.
4 different editions
Also available
Also from
Crofts, Freeman Wills
The 12.30 from Croydon [Large Print 16 Pt Edition] (Large Print Edition)
Crofts, Freeman Wills
Paperback
London Murder Mysteries - Ultimate Collection: The Cask, the Ponson Case & the Pit-Prop Syndicate
Crofts, Freeman Wills
Paperback
Also in
Mystery & Thriller
The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume I: American Tabloid, the Cold Six Thousand; Introduction by Thomas Mallon
Ellroy, James
Hardcover
Coffin Road: An Utterly Gripping Crime Thriller from the Author of the China Thrillers
May, Peter
Paperback
Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Movie Tie-In Edition): Book 1 of the Millennium Trilogy
Larsson, Stieg
Paperback
The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
Big Little Truths: Reese's Book Club: A Novel: The Sequel to Big Little Lies
Moriarty, Liane
Hardcover
The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Frozen River
Lawhon, Ariel
Hardcover